ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN THE US

Illegal Immigration in the US

Illegal Immigration in the US

Introduction

Today illegal Immigration One of the most controversial political issues in the united states from Mexico. Immigration has been the source of an allotment of controversial considerations in past years due in large part to the attacks on September 11th. Illegal immigration into the United States is a problem that should be open and reformed as it is unfair to Americans and to the people of the country from which they illegally immigrated. It is notion that the majority of illegal aliens existing in the U.S. are Mexicans (Bowers, 2006). Borders should be open to allow illegal immigrants to enter the United States of America to come to work as long as they pay their taxes.

Discussion

The United States has one of the most open borders in the world, taking in around 700,000 immigrants' a year. Can you imagine an increase in your income seven to ten times by making a dangerous illegal journey to another land? These are common opportunities and challenges faced by Illegal Immigrants coming into the United States. Why they come, how they come, and what they do once they arrive are common issues these immigrants must deal with in order to reap the rewards of what they believe to be a better life. United States does not have a complete open border, however, and regulates who can come, from where, and in what numbers. Although the United States attempts to controls that enters the nation, thousands of people a year from all over the world break U.S. immigration laws & regulations and enter illegally (U.S. Department of Justice, 2002).

Similarly, immigrants are improbable to become leeches on the government. The Urban institute states that localized, state, and government governments spend about $11.8 million a year teaching lawful and illegal immigrant children. This number is but a drop of the $227 billion expended to teach all children. Furthermore, such expenditures are easily offset by the taxes that legal and illegal immigrants pay - $7 billion dollars a year by illegal alone and $70.3 billion in total, according to the urban institute. The amount is almost twice as much as the $42.9 billion these people experience in total services. Still, regardless of clues verifying that legal and illicit immigrants do not have a destructive effect on humanity, we conspicuously cannot have absolutely open borders. What, then, is appropriate policy? (U.S. Department of Justice, 2002)

Plainly, America's immigration position is grossly misrepresented. Yet still, so many leaders and citizens describe it as a severe menace. This anti-immigration hysteria can be traced to a blend of the latest financial recession and some worrying traits inherent in the American psyche. Despite the pride we frequently exhibit in our pluralistic community, we are obviously quick to scapegoat "outsiders" and "foreigners" when matters are not appearing good for the average white middle-class American. With our trend to stereotype, we lay accusation on those "most foreign" those "others" who talk little English, who look ...